Cancer

Clinical insights, innovative procedures, and tips for helping to prevent and treat cancer

  • Providence Swedish is transforming cancer care and research

    Providence Swedish is transforming cancer care and research

    Learn more about our commitment to the best care for every patient and how we're advancing our understanding of cancer. Watch the video.

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  • Healing through harmony

    Healing through harmony

    Music therapy at the Providence Swedish Cancer Institute offers patients with cancer a soothing respite. Watch the short video to learn more.

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  • To honor the love of his life, a gift of gratitude

    To honor the love of his life, a gift of gratitude

    After losing his wife Sabine to sarcoma, Jim Quitsland made a generous gift to Swedish that honors her and supports cancer care and research.

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  • Cáncer de pulmón: la detección temprana es fundamental para recibir un tratamiento exitoso

    Cáncer de pulmón: la detección temprana es fundamental para recibir un tratamiento exitoso

    El cáncer de pulmón es la principal causa de muerte oncológica en Estados Unidos; la detección temprana y el tratamiento pueden aumentar la supervivencia de manera significativa.

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  • If you're a quitter today, you're a winner

    If you're a quitter today, you're a winner

    Make today the day you quit smoking and tobacco use. Help is available. Learn more from a Providence Swedish lung cancer expert.

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  • Regular lung cancer screenings could save your life

    Regular lung cancer screenings could save your life

    A Providence Swedish expert explains why the tests are essential for former smokers.

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  • Your Health: Today & Beyond. A healthy future you starts today at Providence Swedish.

    Your Health: Today & Beyond. A healthy future you starts today at Providence Swedish.

    Watch this KING5 special to learn more about our experts who are practicing tomorrow's medicine today.

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  • Cómo obtener la mejor atención disponible para el cáncer ginecológico

    Cómo obtener la mejor atención disponible para el cáncer ginecológico

    ¿Sabe cómo protegerse y proteger a las personas que ama del cáncer ginecológico? Acceda a los mejores y más avanzados pasos para salvar su vida.

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  • Separating breast cancer myths from reality can help you understand your risk

    Separating breast cancer myths from reality can help you understand your risk

    One woman in eight will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. Get the facts about screenings, causes and treatments.

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  • What is a meningioma?

    What is a meningioma?

    These tumors account for 30% of all brain and spinal cord tumors. Learn more from a Providence Swedish neurosurgeon.

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  • The art of healing

    The art of healing

    During cancer treatment, patient Sarah Greene found emotional support and liberation through the Swedish Cancer Institute's art therapy program. Learn more.

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  • Cancer does not care about the electric bill

    Cancer does not care about the electric bill

    Providence Swedish and Northwest Hope & Healing offer patients with cancer immediate financial assistance to help with the costs of living.

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  • A new cancer screening tool helps patients understand their risk and personalize care

    A new cancer screening tool helps patients understand their risk and personalize care

    The Prevention4Me assessment is free for every patient at Everett's Providence Comprehensive Breast Center patient. The program will expand over the next few years. Learn more.

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  • Radiopharmaceutical therapy offers transformative, personalized treatment for patients with prostate cancer

    Radiopharmaceutical therapy offers transformative, personalized treatment for patients with prostate cancer

    Swedish’s program, led by dedicated teams, has been recognized a radiopharmaceutical therapy center of excellence.

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  • After a family's heartbreaking loss, a special gift for caregivers

    After a family's heartbreaking loss, a special gift for caregivers

    After John Benson's wife Debra passed away, his family had a special thank you for her nurses at Swedish Issaquah.

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  • Nuevas pautas de detección del cáncer de mama: todo lo que necesita saber

    Nuevas pautas de detección del cáncer de mama: todo lo que necesita saber

    Debido a un incremento en la incidencia del cáncer de mama en mujeres más jóvenes, las nuevas pautas recomiendan que las pruebas de detección comiencen a los 40 años de edad.

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  • A “joyful” and “remarkable” breast cancer journey

    A “joyful” and “remarkable” breast cancer journey

    A breast cancer survivor celebrates 10 cancer-free years and shares why she'd “go through it all again.”

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  • New breast cancer screening guidelines: what you need to know

    New breast cancer screening guidelines: what you need to know

    With a rising incidence of breast cancer in young women, the new guidelines recommend screenings begin at age 40.

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  • Having the cancer conversation

    Having the cancer conversation

    Even if you’re the Princess of Wales, discussing your cancer diagnosis isn’t easy. An expert at Swedish offers tips to help get the conversation started.

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  • Early detection improves treatment success of oral, head and neck cancers

    Early detection improves treatment success of oral, head and neck cancers

    Treatments for these cancers have expanded. Quitting tobacco and HPV vaccination can reduce your risk.

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